Asus Q501LA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Asus Q501LA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q501LA
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131206
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '16 at 18:45
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4200U-$281 64,450 User benchmarks, average bench 43% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 29.8 2-Core 41 32% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 119 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 119 7% 119 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1934 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 57 184684380190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3264253799 (F7) Unknown 100 100 103164685 (F8) Unknown 100 100 113510601	70.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 320 Mixed 391 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 22.2 87% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 47.1 50% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 97%
Patriot Memory 32GB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 3.82 Mixed 5.52 9% 9.14 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 8.2 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 55%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Asus Q501LA

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	63x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples	3x
SQ500S37240G 240GBKingstonBench 74%, 1,214 samples	3x

RAM
Hynix HMT425S6AFR6A-PB 6GBMicronBench 43%, 1,384 samples	20x
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 8GBMicronBench 50%, 1,133 samples	12x
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 8GBElpidaBench 50%, 959 samples	8x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16